There are so many ways to say you’re sorry — one of those ways being, well, just saying you’re sorry. Karl Lagerfelddid as much in February. After calling pop star Adele “a little too fat” in the pages of U.K. Metro, the Chanel creative director wasted little time sending an official mea culpa to the paper (as one does after going Mean Girls on an internationally beloved star of popular song).

But talk, and newsprint, is cheap. A Chanel bag is worth substantially more. So, according to U.K. newspaper The Sun, Lagerfeld has sent a collection of purses to Adele, hoping to repair his reputation with so much quilted leather.

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“He told his team to send Adele the best the fashion house have to offer after hearing she collected bags,” a snitch told The Sun. “He said he really wanted to make it up to her so they could maybe work together in the future.” And on that point, the source shared a bit of scoop: “He could see her fronting a campaign for Chanel Mademoiselle bags when the contract with Blake Lively ends.” (Reassuring words for the rest of us: if you happen to be “a little too fat” by Lagerfeld’s standards, a career in international fashion can still be yours. Just record the year’s best-selling album, first.)

If Adele has, indeed, received any complimentary packages from Chanel, she hasn’t been tweeting about it. (The singer’s last missive was actually a note thanking Canada for her Juno award; Adele’s 21 won the international album of the year this weekend. If you’re reading, Team Adele, you’re welcome.)

But even back in February, Adele didn’t bother commenting on the Lagerfeld controversy. If she was rolling with anger, she kept it to herself — though she did share some thoughts about body image around that time, albeit in an unrelated interview with People. “I’ve never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines,” Adele told People. “I represent the majority of women and I’m very proud of that.”

As for Lagerfeld’s previous, non-handbag apology, here’s what he told Metro in February:

“I’d like to say to Adele that I am your biggest admirer. Sometimes when you take a sentence out of the article, it changes the meaning of the thought,” he said. So, he still called her fat, but in a nice way.

“She is my favorite singer and I am a great admirer of her,” Lagerfeld continued. “I lost over 30 kilos over 10 years ago and have kept it off. I know how it feels when the press is mean to you in regards to your appearance. Adele is a beautiful girl. She is the best. And I can’t wait for her next CD.”

On that topic, Adele has been speaking — though it seems the follow-up to 21 is will be a long time coming, possibly eight Chanel handbag collections away from now. “There was a good two years between my first and second albums so it will be the same this time. If I didn’t write my own songs I’d have an album out next week,” Adele recently told French Radio station NRJ. “There will be a new song out at the end of the year,” she continued — a revelation that has fuelled rumours of her singing the theme for upcoming James Bond flick, Skyfall. “With the album it depends how quickly the songs are written.”